The Opera Tattler
Reviews of Performances and their Audiences
Category: Don Giovanni
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* Notes * Chris Alexander’s new production of Don Giovanni premiered last Saturday at Seattle Opera. The set, designed by Robert A. Dahlstrom, was rather flat and limiting. Basically, it consisted of a large wall with many partitions, which did make the scene changes seamless, but was rather domineering and monolithic. Marie-Therese Cramer’s costumes were…
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The Bayeriche Staatsoper's production of Don Giovanni had excellent singers but a disappointing staging. Thus far, all the productions of Mozart operas there have been fairly ugly visually, although the production teams have all been different. Ivor Bolton's conducting was not impressive, the orchestra was not exactly together during the overture, and the singers and…
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